ISIL Freedom Network: Global > Scholarly and In-Depth Studies > Drug Prohibition and Regulation

Predatory Public Finance and the Origins of the War on Drugs
Source: The Independent Review
Author: Bruce L. Benson and David W. Rasmussen
Country: United States

The authors explain how what began as "sin taxes" in the late 18th-century inevitably resulted in the war on drugs.

The staggering cost of drug criminalisation
Source: IEA
Author: E.J. Mishan
Country: United States

"The cost of maintaining the current illegalisation of narcotics far exceeds the public’s perception while, in contrast, the damage to society that would follow from their legalisation is grossly exaggerated." (03/01)

Assumptions about drugs and the marketing of drug policies
Source: The Lindesmith Center
Author: R.J. DeGrandpre
Country: United States

The War on Drugs is based on shaky ideological foundations. To maintain the struggle, the word is: you can say anything you want about intoxicants, as long as it’s bad. (1995)

Violence, guns and drugs: a cross-country analysis
Source: The Journal of Law and Economics
Author: Jeffrey A. Miron
Country: United States

This paper finds that laws against both guns and drugs encourage elevated rates of violent crime around the world. (2002)

The varieties and uses of drug prohibition
Source: Independent Institute
Author: Harry G. Levine
Country: United States

Governments prohibit drug use not only for the reasons usually stated, but also because prohibition expands police powers, creates enticing campaign rhetoric and can attract foreign aid. Therefore, although criticism of worldwide drug prohibition is on the rise, don't expect retrenchment anytime soon. (PDF file) (12/02)

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